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sufficient  quantity,  of  dry  carbonate  of  sodium,  then  evaporated  and  scaled  in  the 
usual  manner. 
Mr.  A.  G.  Vogeler  contributed  a  paper  on  fruit  syrups^  giving  the  results  of  his 
experience  with  various  methods  of  their  preparation. 
The  following  nominations  were  reported  by  the  Nominating  Committee:  Local 
Secretary,  Wm.  T.  Ford,  Kansas  City  j  Business  Council,  ^or  three  years^  W.  J. 
Menninger,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Jos.  P.  Kemington,  Philadelphia 5  Geo.W.  Kennedy,. 
Pottsville,  Pa.  For  tnvoyears,  Thos.  Whitfield,  Chicago;  Wm.  Saunders,  London, 
Out  j  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston.  For  one  year,  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati  j, 
John  Ingalls,  Macon,  Ga.;  Jos.  Roberts,  Baltimore.  The  nominees  were  duly 
elected. 
On  motion  the  Committee  on  New  Membership  appointed  last  year  was  continued 
and  increased  by  the  appointment  of  seven  additional  members. 
Resolutions  of  thanks  were  passed  to  the  Committee  on  Membership,  the  Local 
Secretary  and  Local  Committee,  and  the  names  of  five  candidates  for  membership 
reported,  who  were  afterwards  elected. 
The  Association  then  adjourned  until  11. 15  A.  M. 
Sixth  Session,  Friday  Morning,  Sept.  17th.— The  minutes  of  the  fifth  session 
having  been  rtaci,  resolutions  of  thanks  were  passed  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Sara- 
toga Mineral  Sfirings  and  of  Congress  Hall  ;  also  to  the  retiring  officers. 
The  Committee  on  Exhibition  was  granted  permission  to  finish  their  report  for 
publication  within  thirty  days.  The  Committee  on  Queries  reported  a  number  of 
subjects  acctpttrd  for  investigation  by  members.  Unanswered  queries,  the  continu- 
ance of  which  is  not  requested,  were  ordered  to  be  dropped. 
The  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Aug.  23d,  1881.. 
Entertainments  and  Excursions. — On  the  evening  of  Sept.  14th,  an  informal 
reception  of  the  members  and  their  ladies  took  place  in  the  parlors  of  Congress 
Hall.  On  the  following  afternoon  a  large  number  of  vehicles  conveyed  the  party  to 
the  various  mineral  springs  of  Saratoga,  extending  over  an  area  several  miles  in 
length,  and  after  a  drive  through  Woodland  Park  the  party  returned  to  the  hotel  to 
make  preparations  for  the  grand  hop  which  took  place  in  the  evening  in  the  large 
concert  room.  On  Thursday  many  ladies  and  some  of  the  members  made  an 
excursion  to  Saratoga  Lake  and  enjoyed  a  sail  on  this  handsome  sheet  of  water.  On 
Friday  afternoon,  after  the  final  adjournment,  a  party  of  about  80  members  and  ladies 
proceeded  by  rail  in  two  palace  cars  to  Port  Kent,  where  stages  were  in  waiting  to 
convey  them  to  the  Lakeview  House,  about  three  miles  distant;  and  the  same  evenmg, 
in  bright  moonlight,  a  visit  was  paid  to  the  Falls  in  the  neighborhood.  On  the  fol- 
lowing morning  the  weather  was  cloudy  and  for  awhile  a  drizzling  rain  fell,  which,, 
however,  did  not  deter  the  tourists  from  visiting  Au  Sable  Chasm  and  taking  a  l)oat 
ride  on  the  river  to  the  head  of  the  lower  rapids.  During  the  forenoon  about  one- 
half  of  the  party  returned  with  the  view  of  spending  Sunday  on  Lake  George  or  on 
Manhattan  Beach.  The  party  remaining  at  the  Lakeview  House  over  Sunday  rook 
a  drive  by  stages  to  Auger  and  Butternut  Ponds,  where  a  splendid  view  of  a  portion  of 
the  Adirondack  mountains  was  obtained  ;  they  revisited  the  ever  interesting  chasm, 
spent  some  time  at  Alice  Falls  and  the  rapids  of  Au  Sable  river,  and  on  Monday  re- 
turned via  Lakes  Champlain  and  George  to  Caldwell,  where  some  remained  over  night, 
the  others  passing  on  by  stage  to  Glenn's  Falls,  to  obtain  a  view  of  the  Falls  of  the 
Hudson,  such  as  could  be  had  with  the  low  state  of  water  in  the  river.  All  that 
were  present  at  the  meeting  will  doubtless  long  remember  it  as  one  replete  with  interest 
and  genuine  pleasure. 
MEETING  OF  THE  BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL 
CONFERENCE. 
The  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  has  marked  the  seventeenth  year  of  its 
existence  by  extending  its  travels  to  the  Welsh  principality,  the  only  portion  of  the 
British  Islands  previously  unvi^ited  by  it  in  the  course  of  its  annual  meetings.  And; 
